Commercial vehicle electronic screening hardware/software system with primary and secondary sensor sets
First Claim
1. A system for electronically screening vehicles on a road along which is situated a vehicle weigh station having a static scale, comprising:
- a first sensor set positioned along the road in the proximity of said vehicle weigh station;
a second sensor set positioned along a driving area associated with said weigh station; and
a processor coupled to said sensor sets, said processor communicating with said sensor sets and directing vehicles traveling on said road to either pull onto or bypass the static scale based on communications with said first and/or second sensor sets.
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Abstract
A primary set of sensors is situated along a highway approaching a weighing/inspection station, and a secondary set of sensors is situated along a ramp that is traversed by vehicles exiting the highway into a weighing/inspection station. The secondary sensors use vehicle identification based upon transponders and/or alternate means (such as license plate readers) that are suitable for lower speeds and for vehicles not equipped with transponders. The sensors are coupled to a processing system that accesses a database storing data correlated to vehicles using the highway. Upon the sensing of certain parameters by the primary sensors, the vehicles are directed to exit the highway to the weigh station entry ramp The secondary set of sensors along the ramp provide an ability to identify transponder and non-transponder equipped vehicles and more accurate sensing capability due, among other things, to the slower speed of the vehicle while passing sensors.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for electronically screening vehicles on a road along which is situated a vehicle weigh station having a static scale, comprising:
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a first sensor set positioned along the road in the proximity of said vehicle weigh station;
a second sensor set positioned along a driving area associated with said weigh station; and
a processor coupled to said sensor sets, said processor communicating with said sensor sets and directing vehicles traveling on said road to either pull onto or bypass the static scale based on communications with said first and/or second sensor sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for electronically screening vehicles on a road along which is situated a vehicle weigh station having a static scale, comprising the steps of:
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positioning a first sensor set along the road in the proximity of said vehicle weigh station;
positioning a second sensor set along a driving area associated with said weigh station;
coupling a processor to said sensor sets;
sensing information from vehicles traveling within sensing proximity of said first and/or second sensor sets;
communicating said sensed information to said processor and directing vehicles traveling on said road to either pull onto or bypass the static scale based on said communicated information.
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